MMT boils down to "keeping people unemployed or underemployed against their own will is unethical". Therefore you create money to employ unemployed or underemployed people.
The trick is that yes, you are printing money, but you are also "printing" goods and services provided by people who would otherwise stay unemployed or underemployed.
Are there any good reasons for keeping people unemployed or underemployed? I can't think of any. People who don't want to work or can't aren't considered unemployed. Who exactly is losing out? That fast food restaurant that is underpaying people? Rich people whose relative wealth vs the poor is growing?
The trick is that yes, you are printing money, but you are also "printing" goods and services provided by people who would otherwise stay unemployed or underemployed.
Are there any good reasons for keeping people unemployed or underemployed? I can't think of any. People who don't want to work or can't aren't considered unemployed. Who exactly is losing out? That fast food restaurant that is underpaying people? Rich people whose relative wealth vs the poor is growing?